Chaos in Sri Lanka: after fleeing, the President resigned by post

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa He resigned from office by email, according to one of his assistants. The letter will now be forwarded to the country’s Attorney General for statutory review before formally accepting it.

Rajapaksa, who had fled on a military plane to the Maldives, will make an official announcement on Friday, aide, Indunil Yapa said. According to the latest information, the former president currently in singaporewhere he arrived aboard a plane of the Saudi company Saudia.

In a statement, the Singapore Foreign Ministry reported that Rajapaksa had entered “on a private visit” but “he did not seek asylum and was not granted“, at the same time as he recalled that the country” in general does not accept asylum requests “.

Since as president he enjoys immunity and cannot be arrested, it is assumed that he tried to go abroad before resigning to avoid arrest.

In Colombo, the country’s capital, protesters left several state buildings they had occupied for several days after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the security forces restore order and declare a state of emergency.

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